Little Known Black Librarian Facts 2011

An annual compilation of facts relating to African American Librarianship and library services compiled and edited by Michele T. Fenton, MLIS, CBWD, Librarian II/Cataloger at Indiana State Library.

Little Known Black Librarian Facts 2011

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This document is also accessible from the Indiana Black Librarians Network homepage: http://www.indianablacklibrarians.org/

History of Blacks in Libraries on ALA Blog

Early Diversity (?) Efforts: The "Work with Negroes Round Table," 1922-23

At the 1922 Annual Conference in Detroit, about 100 librarians attended the first annual meeting of the Work with Negroes Round Table, chaired by Ernestine Rose of the New York Public Library.

The reports on the Round Table's meetings published in the ALA Bulletin are a bizarre mix of overt racism, progressive ideas, and overt racism masquerading as progressive ideas. They make for lively, if often unsettling, reading.
Read more at the CentenniAL Blog
3/27/07—Greg Landgraf, Editorial Assistant, American Libraries